An exciting lineup set to entertain, excite and get your creativity flowing over the 5 days of the International Public Art Festival.
Wednesday 1 March
09:00, 11:00, 13:00 & 15:00 Street Art Tours
What: Tours
Where: Company’s Garden Festival Info desk
About: Join a guided tour to view thought-provoking public art pieces in Cape Town CBD. Our experienced tour guides will take you on a journey through streets, alleys and public squares to view the festival route!
Price: R70-R100 p/p
10:00 – 17:00 Gallery Activations
What: Cape Town galleries as part of IPAF 2023 Programming
Where: WORLDART, StateoftheART, 6 Spin Street Gallery and Nel Gallery
About: IPAF has teamed up with local galleries in and around Cape Town to extend the lines between traditional and public art. While on your walking tours exploring the city, visit WORLDART to view artworks of past IPAF participants, StateoftheART and 6 Spin Street to see a window public art piece in creation and Nel gallery for a window installation.
Price: Free and available to walk-ins
15:00-16:30 Clay Creations
What: Open-Air Workshop
Where: Company’s Garden Festival Info desk
Who: Young Adults, 12-16 years
About: Join us for a children’s Art class in Company’s Garden. All are welcome to this fun, interactive and hands-on workshop. Artist, Mark Jeneker will guide participants through the process of creating their own clay artwork inspired by a large-scale sculpture in the Garden by Marlene Steyn. These works created at this workshop will be on display for the duration of the Festival, with each participant learning how to create their own mini public artwork for all to enjoy.
Price: Free, but booking essential
Thursday 2 March
09:00, 11:00, 13:00 & 15:00 Street Art Tours
What: Tours
Where: Company’s Garden Festival Info desk
About: Join a guided tour to view thought-provoking public art pieces in Cape Town CBD. Our experienced tour guides will take you on a journey through streets, alleys and public squares to view the festival route!
Price: R70-R100 p/p
10:00-17:00 The International Public Art Conference
What: Conference
Where: 6 Spin Street, Cape Town City Centre
About: IPAC brings together a network of prolific changemakers with expertise in the creative economy and overlapping sectors. Join us for coffee and roundtable discussions, presentations, or masterclasses with leading specialists at IPAC.
Todays conference includes:
- Public Art as a City Growth Strategy: A Case Study on Ostend’s Arts and Culture Strategy & Crystal Ship Street Art Festival
- Why does South Africa need art? Considering the creative economy as a mechanism for inclusive development.
- Smart art: Know the fine print. A discussion with lawyer Aurelia Nxumalo on artists rights in Africa.
- What goes bump in the night: The importance of the night time economy
Price: Free, booking required
10:00 – 17:00 Gallery Activations
What: Cape Town galleries as part of IPAF 2023 Programming
Where: WORLDART, StateoftheART, 6 Spin Street Gallery and Nel Gallery
About: IPAF has teamed up with local galleries in and around Cape Town to extend the lines between traditional and public art. While on your walking tours exploring the city, visit WORLDART to view artworks of past IPAF participants, StateoftheART and 6 Spin Street to see a window public art piece in creation and Nel gallery for a window installation.
Price: Free and available to walk-ins
Friday 3 March
09:00, 11:00, 13:00 & 15:00 Street Art Tours
What: Tours
Where: Company’s Garden Festival Info desk
About: Join a guided tour to view thought-provoking public art pieces in Cape Town CBD. Our experienced tour guides will take you on a journey through streets, alleys and public squares to view the festival route!
Price: R70-R100 p/p
10:00-17:00 The International Public Art Conference
What: Conference
Where: 6 Spin Street, Cape Town City Centre
About: IPAC brings together a network of prolific changemakers with expertise in the creative economy and overlapping sectors. Join us for coffee and roundtable discussions, presentations, or masterclasses with leading specialists at IPAC.
Todays conference includes:
- Entrepreneurship for creatives: In discussion with some of Africa’s finest
- In Conversation with featured IPAF 2023 artists
- Celebrating Heritage through Art: A roundtable discussion chaired by Sarah Haines from the National Heritage Project Company.
- In conversation with JonOne, a pioneer of the graffiti movement
Price: Free
10:00 – 17:00 Gallery Activations
What: Cape Town galleries as part of IPAF 2023 Programming
Where: WORLDART, StateoftheART, 6 Spin Street Gallery and Nel Gallery
About: IPAF has teamed up with local galleries in and around Cape Town to extend the lines between traditional and public art. While on your walking tours exploring the city, visit WORLDART to view artworks of past IPAF participants, StateoftheART and 6 Spin Street to see a window public art piece in creation and Nel gallery for a window installation.
Price: Free and available to walk-ins
18:15-19:50 Sculpting this Earth
What: Film Screening
Where: The Labia Theatre, 68 Orange Street, Gardens
About: Sculpting This Earth is a new documentary film by award-winning director Victor van Aswegen. It explores the timeless beauty of ephemeral artworks in nature over four seasons. Screened in collaboration with The International Public Art Festival, Sculpting This Earth follows the internationally acclaimed artist, Strijdom van der Merwe, over four consecutive seasons, as he travels to remote locations in the southern African interior, to make beautiful land art works in a striking range of natural settings. With stunning cinematography and an extraordinary soundtrack, the film is meditative, powerful, and moving. The world’s first feature documentary about land art from the southern hemisphere.
Price: R70
Saturday 4 March
09:00, 11:00, 13:00 & 15:00 Street Art Tours
What: Tours
Where: Company’s Garden Festival Info desk
About: Join a guided tour to view thought-provoking public art pieces in Cape Town CBD. Our experienced tour guides will take you on a journey through streets, alleys and public squares to view the festival route!
Price: R70-R100 p/p
10:00-13:00 The International Public Art Conference
What: Conference
Where: 6 Spin Street, Cape Town City Centre
About: IPAC brings together a network of prolific changemakers with expertise in the creative economy and overlapping sectors. Join us for coffee and roundtable discussions, presentations, or masterclasses with leading specialists at IPAC.
Todays conference includes:
- Business Acumen, a Masterclass for Established Creatives: An innovative business workshop on how creatives can leverage their talent and network to be positioned on an international platform.
- A public art masterclass by world renowned Irish artist, Aches
Price: Free
10:00 – 17:00 Gallery Activations
What: Cape Town galleries as part of IPAF 2023 Programming
Where: WORLDART, StateoftheART, 6 Spin Street Gallery and Nel Gallery
About: IPAF has teamed up with local galleries in and around Cape Town to extend the lines between traditional and public art. While on your walking tours exploring the city, visit WORLDART to view artworks of past IPAF participants, StateoftheART and 6 Spin Street to see a window public art piece in creation and Nel gallery for a window installation.
Price: Free and available to walk-ins
12:00-14:30 Zines Workshop
What: Workshop
Where: Company’s Garden Festival Info desk
Who: Ages 8-80
About: This workshop, hosted by Stix Art, is a instructional introduction to creating your first zine, a small-circulation self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images! Zines are a great and accessible way for almost anyone to make physical art that can be shared throughout a community at an extremely low cost
Price: Free, but booking essential
18:15-19:50 Sculpting this Earth
& Q&A with Victor van Aswegen (Director) and artist Strijdom van der Merwe
What: Film Screening & Q&A with artist and director
Where: The Labia Theatre, 68 Orange Street, Gardens
About: Sculpting This Earth is a new documentary film by award-winning director Victor van Aswegen. It explores the timeless beauty of ephemeral artworks in nature over four seasons. Screened in collaboration with The International Public Art Festival, Sculpting This Earth follows the internationally acclaimed artist, Strijdom van der Merwe, over four consecutive seasons, as he travels to remote locations in the southern African interior, to make beautiful land art works in a striking range of natural settings. With stunning cinematography and an extraordinary soundtrack, the film is meditative, powerful, and moving. The world’s first feature documentary about land art from the southern hemisphere.
Price: R70
Sunday 5 March
09:00, 11:00, 13:00 & 15:00 Street Art Tours
What: Tours
Where: Company’s Garden Festival Info desk
About: Join a guided tour to view thought-provoking public art pieces in Cape Town CBD. Our experienced tour guides will take you on a journey through streets, alleys and public squares to view the festival route!
Price: R70-R100 p/p
13:00 -15:00 Watercolour in Nature
What: Watercolour art class with Mark Jeneker
Where: Company’s Garden Festival Info desk
About: Join us for a watercolour art class in the Company’s Garden. All are welcome to this fun, interactive and hands-on workshop. Artist, Mark Jeneker will show you how to create your very own tree of life with watercolour. Watercolor is a very simple yet beautiful method of art and the natural scenes of nature will help you create a beautiful artwork for you to take home. All materials will be supplied.
Price: Free, but booking essential
Want to suggest a 4th Industrial Rev environment depicted in 12-15 sculptures made of recycled material by yout for unemployed youth.Concepts like Planned Happenstance as part of the mindset for a new way of thinking about work could become a reality to school leaving youth.The potential of such sculptures taken on a roadshow could help transform the world of education.
Hi Daniel,
Thank you so much for taking an intertest in our IPAF programme. Unfortunately, our open call is closed and it is too close to implement new projects.
We will be releasing the programme soon so keep an eye out!
Warm Regards,
Baz-Art Team
Are there more open calls that you will be releasing for the next iteration of the festival?
Hi there, what is the entry price for Children’s Ignite Club? for 2 adults and 2 children (children aged 5 years old and 1 year old) Does one need to book for this? What can children experience or do? Does one need to pay to enter the Company Gardens on the day? Thanks
How do I get a tour after the festival